BUDDING EOSES 



ONE of the easiest and best ways to 

 propagate roses is by budding. I 

 have the Hermosa, and desiring to 

 make more plants of the same kind, thought 

 I would try budding it on the wild rose ; 

 having one near by, I inserted two buds of 

 the Hermosa about the middle of July, and 

 in about three weeks they measured ten 

 inches in height, and had buds almost ready 

 to expand ; since then I have given them but 

 little care and attention, but they still con- 

 tinue to bloom, and are in good condition 

 for winter. Although I had never heard 

 of any one budding the rose, my experiment 

 proved a grand success. 



The process of budding is the same as 

 that of the peach, pear, apple, etc., which 

 has been explained through the columns of 

 this paper before, but for the benefit of new 

 subscribers, or those who perhaps did not 

 observe closely the process, I will give an 

 explanation with illustrations. 



Select a bud from the rose you wish to 

 propagate, and cut about one-fourth of an 

 inch above and below the bud, taking out an 

 elliptical piece with a little wood beneath it, 

 as shown in Fig. b. 



For the stock, take any hardy or wild 

 rose, cut a T-shaped incision through the 

 bark near the roots (Fig. a), cariiiiiiy r;.i^t- 

 the ends or bark of the incision and insert 

 the bud ; then wrap tirmly above ami 

 below the bud with a strip of cloth about 

 one-fourth of an inch in width, commencing 

 at the bottom and passing above the bud, 

 returning again and tying just below, cover- 

 ing all but the bud, as shown in Fig. c. 



In about ten days after budding, if done 

 in spring or early summer, unwrap it, and 

 if the operation has been successful, which 

 it is most sure to be if properly done, cut 

 the old stock off about two inches above the 

 bud ; and when it has made a new shoot, lie 



it to this stump to make it grow straight. 



If budding is done in August or later, re- 

 wrap in about ten days, and let the bud and 

 stock alone until spring, then cut off the 

 stock above the bud, and encourage growth. 

 The bud will not start till the following 

 spring, though its union with the stock can 

 readily be distinguished by its plump and 

 fresh appearance. 



Buds of different roses, red, white, crim- 



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son, etc., may be inserted in a single stock,, 

 thereby producing a rose tree of many 

 colors. 



It is not necessary to bud on the wild rose 

 only, but if you have some other single rose 

 you wish to improve, insert a bud or buds 

 of some nice variety, and I think you will 

 be pleased with the result. 



Every lady reader should try this mode of 

 propagating, for it is very simple, and easily 

 done, and you can have a rose ready for 

 bloom in the same length of time it would 

 require a cutting to form roots. — Farm and 

 Fireside. 



